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‘This is not the way to go.’ Two intruders incinerated by 24,000 volts, police say
Star-Telegram ^
| December 29, 2017
| Don Sweeney
Posted on 12/29/2017 3:37:19 PM PST by artichokegrower
A Detroit utility worker responding to a reported power outage early Friday at a city lighting substation found a door to the building had been pried open.
Then he found something much worse – the bodies of two men electrocuted by 24,000 volts after touching a transformer, reported WDIV. The bodies had been fused together.
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TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: detroit; michigan; puntime; sparky
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Shocking
To: artichokegrower
Bet they won’t do that again!
To: artichokegrower
Coming in just under the wire for the Darwin Award for the year.
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posted on
12/29/2017 3:38:39 PM PST
by
Publius
("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius available at Amazon)
To: artichokegrower
At least it was a quick death
To: captain_dave
To: artichokegrower
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posted on
12/29/2017 3:40:16 PM PST
by
packrat35
(Pelosi is only on loan to the world from Satan. Hopefully he will soon want his baby killer back)
To: Publius
I was living in SF when some kids broke into a power station and one or two of them (I don’t recall the details) were electrocuted. The place had a fence and warnings all around it - but their families still got millions from the City of SF.
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posted on
12/29/2017 3:40:22 PM PST
by
livius
To: artichokegrower
“Shocking”
—
Fess up - you only posted this story so you could use that pun. Next time leave the low hanging pun fruit for me!
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posted on
12/29/2017 3:40:38 PM PST
by
LouieFisk
To: artichokegrower
Kind of sad.
One of them had been a very well-liked employee of Amtrak.
His former supervisor said that he was an excellent conductor.
To: artichokegrower
The bodies had been fused together.
****************
Joined in eternity
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posted on
12/29/2017 3:40:54 PM PST
by
deport
To: Col Frank Slade
It’s Detroit. Would-be copper thieves...
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posted on
12/29/2017 3:41:02 PM PST
by
null and void
(It is not trends but choices that that matter most at the key moments of history)
To: artichokegrower
It’s not the voltage. It’s the amperage.
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posted on
12/29/2017 3:41:09 PM PST
by
Vaquero
(Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
To: PlateOfShrimp
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posted on
12/29/2017 3:41:39 PM PST
by
null and void
(It is not trends but choices that that matter most at the key moments of history)
To: Col Frank Slade
Feel good story of the week here in Detroit.
40,000 volts “fused” them together.
The local news shot of the car being towed had my wife and I laughing out loud.
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posted on
12/29/2017 3:41:43 PM PST
by
Eddie01
To: artichokegrower
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posted on
12/29/2017 3:41:47 PM PST
by
heterosupremacist
(Domine Iesu Christe, Filius Dei, miserere me peccatorem!)
To: artichokegrower
I figured out many years ago that Electricity is a French word for DON’T MESS WITH IT!
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posted on
12/29/2017 3:41:51 PM PST
by
Dracomeister
(The older I get the less I care about what other people think.)
To: packrat35
Authorities cannot tell if they were Black or not. They are now and crispy.
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posted on
12/29/2017 3:42:14 PM PST
by
wetgundog
(Mainstream Media, Lying Liars Lying.)
To: artichokegrower
It’s nobody’s volt but their own.
To: Publius
Your comment was shocking. I’ll bet they got a charge out of it.
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posted on
12/29/2017 3:42:21 PM PST
by
pfflier
To: artichokegrower
Should be posted in current events.
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posted on
12/29/2017 3:42:33 PM PST
by
Ken H
(Best election ever!)
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